EDITORIALS:

Martin J. Tobin

Of Principles and Protocols and Weaning

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 661-662 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jorge Boczkowski

Lung Infection and the Diaphragm: Placing Basic Research in Clinical Perspective

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 662-663 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne Greenough

Sickle Cell Disease—Pulmonary Complications and a Proinflammatory State?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 663-665 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Benjamin A. Rybicki and Michael C. Iannuzzi

Sarcoidosis and Human Leukocyte Antigen Class I and II Genes: It Takes Two to Tango?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 665-666 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Allan I. Pack

Sleep-Disordered Breathing: Access Is the Issue

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 666-667 [Full Text] [PDF]  

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

W. Ward Flemons, Neil J. Douglas, Samuel T. Kuna, Daniel O. Rodenstein, and John Wheatley

Access to Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Suspected Sleep Apnea

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 668-672 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Weaning from Ventilator:

Jerry A. Krishnan, Dana Moore, Carey Robeson, Cynthia S. Rand, and Henry E. Fessler

A Prospective, Controlled Trial of a Protocol-based Strategy to Discontinue Mechanical Ventilation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 673-678. First published online January 15 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200306-761OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

B. Diaphragm and Lung Infection:

Maziar Divangahi, Stefan Matecki, Roy W. R. Dudley, Stephanie A. Tuck, Weisheng Bao, Danuta Radzioch, Alain S. Comtois, and Basil J. Petrof

Preferential Diaphragmatic Weakness during Sustained Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lung Infection

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 679-686. First published online December 11 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200307-949OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

C. Sickle Cell and Endotoxin:

J. David Holtzclaw, Daniel Jack, Samuel M. Aguayo, James R. Eckman, Jesse Roman, and Lewis L. Hsu

Enhanced Pulmonary and Systemic Response to Endotoxin in Transgenic Sickle Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 687-695. First published online December 18 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200302-224OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Sarcoidosis and HLA:

Johan Grunewald, Anders Eklund, and Olle Olerup

Human Leukocyte Antigen Class I Alleles and the Disease Course in Sarcoidosis Patients

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 696-702. First published online December 4 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200303-459OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

E. Asthma and Smooth Muscle:

Limei Zhou, Jing Li, Adam M. Goldsmith, Dawn C. Newcomb, Diane M. Giannola, Robert G. Vosk, Eva M. Eves, Marsha R. Rosner, Julian Solway, and Marc B. Hershenson

Human Bronchial Smooth Muscle Cell Lines Show a Hypertrophic Phenotype Typical of Severe Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 703-711. First published online December 23 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200307-964OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

F. Asthma and Smoking:

John G. Elliot, Cathryn M. Jensen, Slavko Mutavdzic, Jasmine P. Lamb, Neil G. Carroll, and Alan L. James

Aggregations of Lymphoid Cells in the Airways of Nonsmokers, Smokers, and Subjects with Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 712-718. First published online January 7 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200308-1167OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Cystic Fibrosis and Airway Inflammation:

Karl Paul, Ernst Rietschel, Manfred Ballmann, Matthias Griese, Dieter Worlitzsch, Janis Shute, Christiane Chen, Tanja Schink, Gerd Döring, Silke van Koningsbruggen, Ulrich Wahn, and Felix Ratjen

Effect of Treatment with Dornase Alpha on Airway Inflammation in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 719-725. First published online December 18 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200307-959OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Ozone Complement and Hyperreactivity:

Jung-Won Park, Christian Taube, Anthony Joetham, Katsuyuki Takeda, Taku Kodama, Azzeddine Dakhama, Glen McConville, Corrie B. Allen, Georgia Sfyroera, Lenny D. Shultz, John D. Lambris, Patricia C. Giclas, V. Michael Holers, and Erwin W. Gelfand

Complement Activation Is Critical to Airway Hyperresponsiveness after Acute Ozone Exposure

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 726-732. First published online December 30 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200307-1042OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. Sleep Smoking and Infants:

Hemant Sawnani, Tonya Jackson, Thomas Murphy, Robert Beckerman, and Narong Simakajornboon

The Effect of Maternal Smoking on Respiratory and Arousal Patterns in Preterm Infants during Sleep

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 733-738. First published online December 18 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200305-692OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

J. Ventilator Injury: Newborn versus Adult:

Ian B. Copland, Francisco Martinez, Brian P. Kavanagh, Doreen Engelberts, Colin McKerlie, Jaques Belik, and Martin Post

High Tidal Volume Ventilation Causes Different Inflammatory Responses in Newborn versus Adult Lung

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 739-748. First published online January 7 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200310-1417OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

K. Renal Ischemia and Lung Injury:

Jiangping Deng, Xuzhen Hu, Peter S. T. Yuen, and Robert A. Star

-Melanocyte–stimulating Hormone Inhibits Lung Injury after Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 749-756. First published online January 7 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200303-372OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

L. Lung Liquid and Dopamine:

Yochai Adir, Zaher S. Azzam, Emilia Lecuona, Sergio Leal, Liuska Pesce, Vidas Dumasius, Alejandro M. Bertorello, Phillip Factor, James B. Young, Karen M. Ridge, and Jacob Iasha Sznajder

Augmentation of Endogenous Dopamine Production Increases Lung Liquid Clearance

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 757-763. First published online December 30 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200207-744OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Pulmonary Hypertension and Oxidative Stress:

Rebecca Bowers, Carlyne Cool, Robert C. Murphy, Rubin M. Tuder, Matthew W. Hopken, Sonia C. Flores, and Norbert F. Voelkel

Oxidative Stress in Severe Pulmonary Hypertension

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 764-769. First published online December 30 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200301-147OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Frauke Mekus, Burkhard Tümmler, Kevin W. Southern, Helen L. Wallace, and Pierre M. Barker

Genes, Environment, Ion Transport, and Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 770-771 [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement to Response from Authors][Online Supplement to Letter to the Editor]  

Keir E. Lewis, Willis H. Tsai, Jan M. Davies, W. Ward Flemons, and Colin MacArthur

Decision Rules for Diagnosis of Sleep Apnea

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 771 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert S. Wallis, Ho-Yeon Song, Christopher Whalen, and Alphonse Okwera

TB Chemotherapy: Antagonism between Immunity and Sterilization

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 771-772 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Henry E. Fessler, Solbert Permutt, and Steven M. Scharf

Erratum: Spirometry after Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 772 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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